Toby Alderweireld Quotes

My problem isn't death but old age. I fret about my lack of balance, my buckling knee, my difficulty standing up and sitting down.

I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore.

My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.

As you get older, your body doesn't hold up as much.

One of the worst things about ageing is the waning of your physical powers. I live in a house with 64 stairs, and I cannot run up and down them any more; my knee has conked out.

Once you find you can't walk as far and as fast as you were able, life becomes more complicated.

When I reached 80, my world turned upside down physically. I've had a lot of physical problems.

My mother has rheumatoid arthritis. I don't want to lose the ability to jump up and walk across the room or move around with the energy I'm used to having. That's far more important to me than a wrinkle or two.

I feel bad for people in wheelchairs and people who have to use crutches.

It doesn't seem like it's been 50 years. I don't even feel like I'm 50 years old yet, though I've had all these knee and back operations.

I'd just like to be able to walk without pain or run without a limp.

I don't mind getting old except for the pain. I have two new knees, so going downstairs is not perfect. Nobody tells you about the pain.

There's not enough talked about in terms of growing older. You start to lose your body.

Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these body parts because it's not working quite the way it used to.

When you get older, you've got to find some things differently because sometimes your body won't allow you do what you. When you're younger you can do a lot of stuff, moving around.

I loved to go hunting out in the woods and hiking, and that's just not easy anymore. For me, to walk up and down hills in the rough terrain, it just doesn't work very well. It can, but it's three times as hard as it used to be.

My mind still wants to do everything; my body can't anymore. My mind would want to continue until I was 100.

When I retired, I stopped playing because of my body, so much pain and injuries.

When I hit 35, there were things I couldn't do which I'd done previously, and they had been completely natural to me.

I've always found people with physical disabilities interesting to watch: how the dynamics of their body work, what makes them move this way or that.

It's hard to dance after a certain age. All those athletic things - like looking up at my kneecaps - they're just not there anymore.

Injuries are tough. I tore my ACL 50 percent in my left leg. I can't kick. I'm not going to fight without my left leg, which is my best weapon.

I just turned 27 years old, and there are mornings where my knees and ankles really hurt. I hurt all over. I would hate to be me when I'm 35 years old. I'll be a basket case, but I will have a lot of memories.

I was too big to even contemplate exercise. I had to use a walking stick and a wheelchair to get around.

I'm not a real smart guy. But I've got enough brains to realize that when I'm 60 years old and play a sport, that it's downhill.